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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > cue depreciation effect

Preferred term

cue depreciation effect  

Definition

  • It is easier to identify a studied word (e.g. raindrop) when a fragment of this word is presented only once (r_i__rop) than if several fragments of the word are shown incrementally (r------p, r----r-p, r-i--r-p, r-i--rop).

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Peynircioğlu, Z. F. (2020). When more is less : Cue depreciation in memory. In A. M. Cleary & B. L. Schwartz (Eds.), Memory quirks : The study pf odd phenomena in memory (p. 85‑100). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264498-8

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

  • • Peynircioğlu, Z. F., & Watkins, M. J. (1986). Cue depreciation: When word fragment completion is undermined by prior exposure to lesser fragments. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 12(3), 426. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-7393.12.3.426

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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